G                     D                G
I'm gonna give you 40 days to get back home.
G                                         D
I done called up a gypsy woman on the telephone.
          G
I'm gonna send out a worldwide hoo-doo, there..
          C
That will be the very thing that'll suit you.
          G                       D          G
I'm gonna see that she'll be back home in 40 days.

CHORUS:
G
Oh, 40 days (40 days)..Oh, 40 days (40 days)
                                      D
I'm gonna see if she'll be back in 40 days.
          G
I'm gonna send out a worldwide hoo-doo, there..
          C
That will be the very thing that'll suit you.
          G                     D          G
I'm gonna see if she'll be back home in 40 days.

(INTERLUDE:)

#2.
G                             D                   G
I was talkin' to the Judge in private, early this mornin'.
G                                                  D
Well, he took me to the Sheriff's Office to sign a warnin'.
           G
They gonna throw a charge again' ya..
          C
that will be the very thing that'll send ya.
          G                       D          G
I'm gonna see that she'll be back home in 40 days.

CHORUS:
G
Oh, 40 days (40 days)..Oh, 40 days (40 days)
                                           D
I'm gonna see if she'll be back home in 40 days.
          G
I'm gonna send out a worldwide hoo-doo, there..
          C
That will be the very thing that'll suit you.
          G                     D          G
I'm gonna see if she'll be back home in 40 days.

(INTERLUDE:)(PIANO:)

OUTRO:
G
Oh, 40 days (40 days)..Oh, 40 days (40 days)
                                           D
I'm gonna see if she'll be back home in 40 days.
          G
I'm gonna throw that charge again' ya..
          C
that will be the very thing that'll send ya.
          G                       D          G
I'm gonna see that she'll be back home in 40 days.